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Neponset, Illinois

Village in Bureau County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Neponset

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Rock Island-Moline (IL), 33 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Neponset

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.79 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.79in

Visibility

How far you can see at Neponset, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

SatSun

On the radar over Neponset, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Neponset, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

LaconC75

At an airfield/28.4 mi away/568 ft/259 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank451of 1,419

measured daily2 instruments

KewaneeKEWI2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/794 ft/33 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank146of 1,419

Bradford 0.3 WSWIL-SK-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.7 mi away/804 ft/23 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Lacon, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.4 mi from Neponset, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lacon, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C75FIG. A THE SKY OVER LACONSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELacon, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS C75TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-C75-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 35.8 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lacon: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.8, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C75FIG. B THE AIR AT LACONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.0 FTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 35.8 FSPREAD 8.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLELacon, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS C75TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-C75-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lacon, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C75FIG. C THE WIND AT LACONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELacon, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS C75TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-C75-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Lacon, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Kewanee (KEWI2), 6.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Neponset

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Neponset

River and lake gauges